At Broughton Gifford Pre-School we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS):
Characteristics of Effective Learning
Playing and exploring – engagement
Finding out and exploring
Playing with what they know
Being willing to ‘have a go’
Active learning – motivation
Being involved and concentrating
Keeping trying
Enjoying achieving what they set out to do
Creating and thinking critically – thinking
Having their own ideas
Making links
Choosing ways to do things
Area of Learning and Development
The 3 prime areas of learning:
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED)
- Physical Development (PD)
- Communication and Language (CL)
The 4 specific areas of learning:
- Literacy (L)
- Mathematics (M)
- Understanding of the World (UW)
- Expressive Arts and Design (EAD)
Within each of these areas there are additional categories and these are then affiliated into phases of development. When staff record observations about the children they link these to the EYFS and the individual categories that they fall into. Staff summarise the children’s development six times a year, using these observations and share these through the online Learning Journeys.